Medetomidine, ketamine, and sevoflurane for anesthesia of injured loggerhead sea turtles: 13 Cases (1996-2000)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1019-1025

  Chittick, Elizabeth J ^a,c   Stamper, M Andrew ^a,d   Beasley, Jean F ^b   Lewbart, Gregory A ^a   Horne, William A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^c SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

^d Disney's Animal Kingdom   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATIPAMEZOLE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036785287     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.1019     Document Type: Article

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